Earlier studies revealed progressive cortical gray matter (GM) loss in childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS) across both lateral and medial surfaces of the developing brain. Here, we use tensor-based morphometry to visualize white matter (WM) growth abnormalities in COS throughout the brain. Using high-dimensional elastic image registration, we compared 3D maps of local WM growth rates in COS pat...

[1] Carbonyl sulfide (COS) is an atmospheric trace gas that participates in some key reactions of the carbon cycle and thus holds great promise for studies of carbon cycle processes. Global monitoring networks and atmospheric sampling programs provide concurrent data on COS and CO2 concentrations in the free troposphere and atmospheric boundary layer over vegetated areas. Here we present a mode...

BACKGROUND To be meaningful, a core outcome set (COS) should be relevant to all stakeholders including patients and carers. This review aimed to explore the methods by which patients and carers have been included as participants in COS development exercises and, in particular, the use and reporting of qualitative methods. METHODS In August 2015, a search of the Core Outcomes Measures in Effec...

Carbonyl sulfide (COS) is considered to be a major source of the stratospheric sulfate aerosol during periods of volcanic quiescence. We measured COS at the tropical tropopause and find mixing ratios to be 20 to 50% larger than are assumed in models. The enhanced COS levels are correlated with high concentrations of biomass-burning pollutants like carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen cyanide (HCN)...

1 Problem Discuss the motion of an unbalanced tire that rolls without slipping on a horizontal surface, subject to conservation of energy. In what sense(s) can this system be said to contain " hidden momentum? " 2 Solution 2.1 The Motion We consider the tire to be a hoop of radius a and mass M that is unbalanced due to an additional mass m at some fixed point on the rim, as shown in the figure ...

This paper provides asymptotic estimates for the expected number of real zeros of two different forms of random trigonometric polynomials, where the coefficients of polynomials are normally distributed random variables with different means and variances. For the polynomials in the form of a0 a1 cos θ a2 cos 2θ · · · an cosnθ and a0 a1 cos θ b1 sin θ a2 cos 2θ b2 sin 2θ · · · an cosnθ bn sinnθ,w...

In this work stability of polygonal configurations on a plane and sphere is investigated. The conditions of linear stability are obtained. A nonlinear analysis of the problem is made with the help of Birkhoff normalization. Some problems are also formulated. 1 A linear stability of Thomson’s configurations of vortices on a sphere Motion equations of a system of N point vortices on a sphere can ...

Southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus (SRBSDV) has spread from thesouth of China to the north of Vietnam in the past few years and severelyinfluenced rice production. Its long incubation period and early symptoms are not evident; thus, controlling it is difficult. Chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) is a green plant immunomodulator. Early studies showed that preventing and controlling SRBSDV have...

Stabilization was applied as a remediation option for immobilizing lead (Pb) in contaminated mine soil. Four types of waste materials were used stabilizing agents, namely oyster shells (WOS), calcined (COS), natural starfish (NSF), and spent-coffee-grounds-derived biochar (SCGB). The Pb-contaminated soil treated with the agents ranging from 0 to 10 wt% curing period 28 days. toxicity characteri...

To comprehensively manage wound infection, tri-layer fibre membranes have been designed with two antibacterial agents, including silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and chitosan oligosaccharide (COS), their properties were evaluated using qualitative quantitative tests. While the first polycaprolactone (PCL) layer second plasma-treated PCL fabricated by electrospinning, third COS was constructed via c...